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Chapter 23 The Ape Arm Village with Two Faces
Chao Qing ordered the captives to be served rich and tempting food, and said to them: "The one who confesses first can have a good meal and let you go back. The one who confesses later can only be killed and thrown in the backyard to feed the dogs!"

Yang Lin showed his big knife in coordination and put on a vicious look.

There are a few stubborn thieves who intend to carry it to the end, but unfortunately, not all of them have such backbone, a few of them were beaten, their bodies are still hurting badly, and they were hungry all night. Resist the will to tell everything you know.

"Which mountain are you bandits from? Why did you come to rob these girls?"

"We are all from Yuanbi Village on Yuanbi Mountain, and the village owner Chen Xizhen asked us to do this. The younger ones only know how to carry out, and don't know why the village wants these women."

Another person said: "There are few people in the cottage who have wives, and several leaders are not married yet. My guess is that these leaders want these women!"

"Ape Arm Village?!" Chao Qing, Lu Zhishen and the others were shocked.

Of course, Chao Qing was no stranger to Yuanbi Village.After meeting He Taiping, he paid attention to collecting relevant information, and asked Zhu Gui to send people to investigate Yuanbi Village and Yun Tianbiao several times.

Yun Tianbiao is now the general manager of land soldiers and horses in Jingyang Town, Shandong Province. He has [-] soldiers under him, and he has trained them to be extremely powerful.

According to Zhu Gui's information, Chen Xizhen currently has nearly 2000 people in Yuanbi Village, and there are more than ten leaders under him.Just judging by his combat strength on paper, he is already relatively strong, not to mention a resourceful person like Chen Xizhen, so Chao Qing has never underestimated the opponent.

Although the strength of Yuanbi Village is good, it is extremely low-key in the world. It neither interacts with other villages, nor takes the initiative to provoke troubles, let alone embarrass the surrounding people, like a hermit in the bandit world. A layer of mystery was added, so the information Zhu Gui found was extremely limited.

But Chao Qing knew that Chen Xizhen, like Song Jiang, had a strong desire for power and fame. He claimed to practice Taoism, but it was just a cover, and it was impossible for him to die in Lin Quan.The more low-key he is, the more likely he is doing something big, so we have to guard against it.

Unexpectedly, this matter would have something to do with Yuanbi Village. In his plan, Chao Qing did not want to conflict with Yuanbi Village prematurely.His primary goal now is to make a fortune silently and strengthen his own strength.Of course, if it really had something to do with Yuanbi Village, he would never shrink back and let it go.

Lu Zhishen asked: "I heard that the Yuanbi Village has always been kind to the people, why did you send you down the mountain to rob the women? Didn't you want to blame the Yuanbi Village?"

The prisoner pleaded: "How dare you lie to the kings, the little ones, it was the village master who asked us to go down the mountain."

"Then who are the bald and Taoist priests who lead you?" Yang Lin asked.

"These two are the leaders of the cottage. The bald head is called Wang Tianba, and the Taoist is Fan Chenglong. In fact, he is not a Taoist, but he is dressed like this on purpose. He usually leads the team himself. For some reason, he only let us come over yesterday. I will not come down from the cottage."

It seems that Fan Chenglong is very vigilant.

"How did you deal with these women after they were captured by you?"

"All the captured women are handed over to the leader Gou Heng in the cottage. As for the next step, the little ones don't know."

After questioning again, they only knew that they had been in this business for two or three years, and had kidnapped hundreds of women.As for the rest of the news, there was nothing more to be asked, and Chao Qing reckoned that it was indeed impossible for these bottom-level executors to learn more about the inside story.

After the interrogation, Chao Qing gave the prisoners a full meal, and then beheaded them all.

He is not a bloodthirsty person, but these people are really evil. You must know that behind every woman is a broken and poor family. No matter what, he can't sympathize with these thieves.

The interrogation is over, and the culprit behind the scenes has also revealed his identity. The next step is to investigate this ape-arm village, but it's not easy!

Lu Zhi sighed deeply, and said: "Sajia often heard people say that Chen Xizhen is a good man with great martial arts skills, but he never thought he would allow his subordinates to do such shameful things."

Yang Lin scolded angrily: "That Yuanbi Village is probably not a den of prostitution! Poor those women, they are insulted by this."

Chao Qing analyzed: "They have been doing this for two or three years, I'm afraid it's not that simple."

"What does the young leader mean, that they abducted these women not for their own pleasure, but to resell them to others?"

Chao Qing nodded, and said: "I guess in my heart, but there is no evidence. Otherwise, why did they persist in kidnapping these women for years?"

Everyone felt that Chao Qing's analysis made sense.

Lu Zhishen said: "Whether it is true or not, let's go to Yuanbi Village to find out."

Yang Lin had also heard about the power of the Yuanbi Village, and sighed: "The Yuanbi Village is probably heavily guarded. It may not be so easy to find out something."

Chao Qing said: "It's the dragon's pool and tiger's den, I'm going to try it too."

He said to the crowd: "Going to Yuanbi Village is extremely dangerous. If they really have some dirty deals, they might be able to lay hands on us. So this time I will go alone. You all wait for my news."

Yang Lin said anxiously: "How can it be possible? You just got married, so you want the sister of the Liu family to be a widow?"

"Hey, aren't you cursing me? I'm bound to die in Yuanbi Village."

"Since it's very dangerous, let me go, Yang Lin. I'm a small player in the Jianghu. Maybe they don't take me seriously, and they will relax their vigilance instead."

Lu Zhishen yelled: "There is no need to argue any more. The Sajia is investigating this matter. How could you let Liangshan intervene, so naturally the Sajia went. With the Zen staff of the Sajia, they can't do anything to me."

The three fought back and forth, and no one wanted to let the other take risks alone, so it was best to decide that the three of them would go to Yuanbi Village together.

Of course, before that, considering the safety of Liu Taigong's family, Wu Song escorted Liu Taigong and Liu Cuilian to Erlong Mountain to take refuge for a period of time, and then returned to their hometown after the limelight passed.Fortunately, Taigong Liu's family got to know everyone in Erlong Mountain well, so they didn't feel lonely.

Besides, the bald Wang Tianba fled back to Yuanbi Village after being defeated by Chao Qing and Yang Lin that night. When Fan Chenglong heard this, he was too frightened to go down the mountain. good at.Therefore, he always felt uneasy about going to Liu Taigong's manor, so he just let his subordinates go on their own.When they didn't come back the next day, Fan Chenglong guessed in his heart that something must have happened.

(End of this chapter)